101: Chapter 101 The Amplification of the Inner World

Chen Mo walked into a street-side park and sat down on a bench, looking like any ordinary passerby.

The Inner World operated quietly within his body.

Nothing was expanded, nothing was released, and not a single trace of excess energy leaked out.

All his powers—Physical Body, Mental Power, Source Power, and Force Field—were no longer independently operating modules but were integrated into a single whole.

After mastering the Inner World, this was the greatest change: his powers had achieved complete integration.

At the same time, the Force Multiplier quietly broke through to 10 times.

10 times, no longer limited to the amplification of muscular force.

It acted upon all powers within the Inner World—Physical Body, Mental Power, Source Power, and Force Field—every single part was included.

Because they were no longer "cooperating with each other," but were "one and the same."

The amplification applied to the Inner World, and thus simultaneously applied to all levels.

The leap in destructive power was the most intuitive aspect.

The equivalent of his Source Power attacks had jumped to the level of ten billion tons of TNT. And this was merely a numerical conversion.

The actual destructive power of Source Power far exceeded nuclear weapons of the same equivalent.

It was more concentrated, purer, and lacked the energy loss of a nuclear explosion that dissipates in all directions.

A full-force strike was enough to erase everything within fifty thousand square kilometers of the surface from the map.

After Chen Mo calculated this figure, his expression remained unchanged.

Destructive power was just a result; what was truly important was the System.

He summoned his system panel.

[Name: Chen Mo]

[Age: 23]

[Height: 208cm]

[Weight: 1.84 tons]

[Ability: Infinite Growth]

[Strength: 2418.4 tons]

[Mental Power: 19.8]

[Amplification: 10 times]

[Source Power: 19301]

His flight speed, under the integrated amplification of the Inner World, had reached Mach 174.

Nearly sixty kilometers per second.

From the east coast of the Xia Kingdom to the western border, two minutes.

Source Power surged and flowed between his cells and deep within his flesh, the sound of waves like thunder, stretching endlessly beyond sight.

When his Mental Power swept across the Inner World, what he saw was a "Sea of Source Power" in the true sense of the word.

Every cell was infused with Source Power, like an inverted galaxy.

The efficiency of Body Tempering with Source Power also jumped to an astonishing value, with his strength increasing by 1921 kilograms per hour, nearing two tons.

As for his height and weight, those numbers were no longer important.

All his power was under his control; the external dimensions of his body were merely a set of reference values recorded on the system panel.

He could even have his pure Physical Body directly perform the Law of Heaven and Earth, but there was a limit—a maximum of three zhang.

What truly held practical combat significance was the Law of Heaven and Earth in the Source Body state.

The Source Body was already composed of Source Power and was not constrained by the framework of flesh and blood. When performing the Law of Heaven and Earth with the Source Body, it was not the Physical Body that expanded, but the manifested form of the Inner World.

Source Power rewove its structure according to his will, allowing it to expand a hundredfold, reaching a height of two thousand meters.

He had not experienced it personally yet, but the moment he broke through, this information was already clear in his mind.

Just as after the Inner World was completed, his way of cognition itself had changed.

This was the true change.

Chen Mo sat cross-legged on the bench, his hands resting lightly on his knees, his gaze directed toward the distant skyline.

After the Inner World was completed, the path ahead became so clear for the first time.

Starting from the Inner World, what followed was not seeking a new "Realm" as a leap, but a path of continuous expansion: strengthening the Inner World, and then expanding outward.

Forming the Outer Heaven and Earth, bringing external space into the dominion of the Inner World.

Covering outward step by step.

Covering cities, covering continents, covering planets, covering galaxies.

Until controlling the Universe.

During this process, the amplification of the Inner World would also become stronger and stronger.

10 times was just the starting point.

The direction of the Source Power Realm was also clear now.

The essence of the Breakthrough in the Source Power Realm was the accumulation and qualitative change of Source Power within every cell.

The total amount of Source Power in his body at this moment was already twenty times what it was when he first broke through; coupled with the continuous purification of its quality, his actual power had already exceeded a thousand times that of the past, and he was still far from touching the limit.

The gap between the upper and lower levels of the Source Power Realm was extremely vast, and his body could still contain more.

The end of this path was the accumulation of Source Power to Perfection within every cell.

After reaching Perfection, the Source Power would naturally complete its condensation.

Just like the gravitational collapse that occurs after a star's internal fuel is exhausted.

The quality of Source Power would jump to a new level during the condensation process, forming a higher-quality state of Source Power.

The leap in quality was in this very step.

However, the difficulty of this step was equally clear.

If the body itself was not tough enough, if his Mental Power control was insufficient, it would be impossible for the Source Power to accumulate to the magnitude required to trigger condensation.

It would lose control and dissipate midway, or be blocked by the body's own endurance limit.

And the body's endurance limit was directly linked to complete control at the cellular level and the strength of the body.

Reaching 9.9 times the Force Multiplier limit was precisely the prerequisite for this step.

If one cannot control oneself, one cannot control Source Power.

Chen Mo had already achieved both of these prerequisites.

After completing the integration of all his own powers, he had deduced the complete logic of this path.

After a moment of silence, a question surfaced.

Then, what about other life forms?

If other intelligent species reached this step, what would their Force Multiplier limit be?

9.9 times was only the limit of human physiological structure; for other species, it might not be the same number at all.

How would their Cultivation Systems evolve?

Would their methods of breaking through Source Power condensation be the same as humans?

There was no answer.

But the question itself was precious; knowing what one does not know is closer to the truth than blind certainty.

He continued to Cultivate.

Body Tempering continued, Source Power grew, and the Inner World operated.

The person on the bench closed his eyes, like any passerby in the park resting with their eyes closed.

Facing the planetary-level upheaval that would arrive in just one month, his expression was calm to the point of being indifferent.

Because of certainty.

The certainty brought by a clear understanding of his own power.

He already knew what he could do.

Meanwhile, the entire Xia Kingdom had completed the largest migration in human history.

The relocation of over eight hundred million people was fully completed within a few months.

Except for a very small number of people who were temporarily stranded due to unfinished business, all citizens were concentrated in the three provinces of Yunmeng Province, Qian Province, and Xiang Province.

The city clusters that were once densely distributed along the long coastline now only had empty buildings and silent streets, waiting for the impending upheaval.

One month until the disaster arrived.

The next day, August 11th.

Chen Mo received a message from Minister Li Long.

The message was short, but the content was enough to make anyone stop and read it repeatedly: "Inside the core of the lunar wreckage, a neutrino signal transmission device has been discovered."

Moreover, it had already been fired.

Based on the energy consumption traces and signal characteristics of the device, it could be deduced that the distance between that alien civilization and Blue Star was within one hundred thousand light-years.

Chen Mo looked at the number "one hundred thousand light-years," and his brows twitched slightly.

It was too far.

Information travels at the speed of light; a round trip would take two hundred thousand years. And the Universe was still continuously expanding, so this distance would only continue to increase.

A civilization one hundred thousand light-years away posed almost no realistic threat to Blue Star at this moment.

The Blue Star they saw was what it looked like one hundred thousand years ago; the signals they sent would take one hundred thousand years to arrive.

Basically, there was no need to worry.

But this was also the first piece of concrete information about an alien civilization that humanity had grasped.

It was no longer speculation, no longer probability deduction, but a solid signal: in some direction of the Milky Way, an intelligent species had existed.

Chen Mo replied to Minister Li Long: "Continue the research and see if you can determine the specific direction of that civilization."

He did not explain why.

Perhaps one day, when the range covered by the Inner World was far enough, and the current path had been walked far enough, this direction would come in handy.

Time passed slowly.

The global preparations for war entered the final countdown stage. All countries had completed everything they could do.

The coastal population had all retreated to above the inland safety line, and critical infrastructure reinforcement had reached unconventional standards.

The communication redundancy System had been deployed.

Reserves of food and medical supplies were locked into the allocation System according to the disaster-time rationing plan.

Global stock markets had been closed since May, and the wartime production and rationing model had been operating for several months, tending toward stability in their respective adaptive forms.

And during these few months, billions of people continued to practice the Human Breathing Method at maximum intensity.

The Human Breathing Method had an upper limit for improving physical fitness, but the upper limit also varied in height.

By early September, the physical fitness of all humanity had generally jumped to a level unimaginable a year ago.

The per capita physical fitness of the Xia Kingdom was far ahead and continuously climbing.

The average strength had exceeded one ton, far exceeding other countries.

This meant that in the disaster, the survival capability of the Xia Kingdom's populace would be significantly higher than the global average.

Everything that could be done had been done.

What remained was to wait.

September 8th.

Three days until the evolution of Blue Star.

Chen Mo ended his multi-day Cultivation and descended from high altitude.

He prepared to return to the new capital of the Xia Kingdom, Han City.